1
- informal a potato〈非正式〉土豆, 洋芋。
1.1
- chiefly US a foolish or incompetent person〈主美〉蠢人; 无能的人。
2
- a small, narrow spade for cutting the roots of plants, especially weeds(尤指除杂草用的)除草铲。
3
- often as modifier a short length of pipe that is used to connect two components or that takes the form of a projection from a fitting to which a pipe may be screwed(连接两个部件的)短管, 接管:
a spud washer.
接管垫圈。
4
- a type of ice chisel冰凿。
(spudded, spudding)with obj.
1
- dig up or cut (plants, especially weeds) with a spud用铲子挖(或铲)(植物, 尤指杂草)。
2
- make the initial drilling for (an oil well)开始钻(油井)。
词源
late Middle English (denoting a short knife): of unknown origin. The sense 'potato' (dating from the mid 19th cent.) was originally slang and dialect.